The Arts and Education Council, the St. Louis region’s United Arts Fund, hosted “A Night at the Opera”, Thursday, June 10, 2015 at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. The event gathered members of the Arts and Education Council’s Chairman’s Circle and special guests. The evening included a wine reception and dinner in the East Lawn Pavilion, the Loretto-Hilton Center, before guests experienced Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, one of the world’s most popular operas.

A&E board member Barbara B. Goodman generously underwrote the 6th annual “Night at the Opera”. Remarks came from Cynthia A. Prost, president of the Arts and Education Council, and Terry Good, A&E board chair. Timothy O’Leary, general director of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, then gave a behind-the-scenes overview of Opera Theatre’s 2015 production of The Barber of Seville.

The Opera Theatre of Saint Louis represents an A&E Sustaining Grant Recipient.